World - General

KOHLER LITERATURE AUCTION 2017 (B.184)
588 lots (some illus in colour) of mainly classic early handbooks and philatelic works, auction catalogues of early famous sales, all countries, a fine overview of famous names and publishers from the past in the world of philately, c130 pages, March 2017

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS (B.297)
"Distinguishing Characteristics of Classic Stamps - Europe 19th Century - Except German States". by Herman Schloss. The title says it all, key features that must be present on important classic stamps of Europe (except Germany) and which may be missing on known forgeries. An important book to use alongside other forgery guides - a stamp can only be considered genuine if it meets the criteria shown in this book..This is the Billig version (Billig #15), text and pictiures sightly smaller than the original, but all the information is there. Hardback, 200 pages, Billig edition 1951, as new.

CLEMENT - MILITAR-LUFTPOST (B.296)
Alfred Clement's detailed listing of military airmail flights of all countries 1795-1954, in German, many cachets illustrated, and all with rarity guide (like Muller). 160 pages, 1955.
Bibliophile book (click "Learn More" to see image of the author's inscription).

VADE MECUM by SERRANE (B.298)
Forgery and reprint guide to stamps of all countries, Volume I is Europe, Volume II is Overseas, in French, illustrations are mainly line drawings of key features but enough to be useful, perspective is from a French angle and gives more infomration on France & Colonies and other Latin countries than is normally found in other later forgery guides. Volume I 480 pages, published 1926, Volume II 315 pages, published 1929. Typical of French books of the 1920s, economy paper and inadequate binding, Vol II has split but the pages are still complete. Masses of information.

CRASH MAIL (B.309)
Harmers auction (Dec 2001) of the Howard Longden O.B.E. collection of wreck, crash, Balloon POst and Disaster Mail, from all countries of the world, 692 lots, nearly all illus in colour in 56 plates plus 41 pages of text, important catalogue for reference.